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i think that the subjective term "ride quality" is governed by a slew of factors (including, perhaps, magic), not simply the type of tubing and geometry of the bike. i've been pondering this myself, lately, since i have two very similar road bikes in terms of geometry and tubing, yet one has markedly better ride "quality".ReplyDelete
here are the variables that i speculate may play a role in this highly subjective term (in no particular order of importance):
1) handlebars: not only geometry and size, but material. i think the more expensive, heat-treated aluminum bars feel better because they flex less and reverberate less. energy is distributed differently.
2) geometry of the bike: this is a given
3) bicycle tubing: this can definitely make a difference in how energy is transmitted and dissipated through the frame. and i'm not only talking about aluminum versus steel versus carbon fiber. i also think it's possible that two bikes constructed with the same tubing with similar geometries can feel different: the joinery also contributes to how energy is transferred across the frame (TIG welded versus hand-cut lugs versus investment-cast lugs). in the case of a lugged frame, the consistency and uniformity of the brazing can also contribute to the feel of the bike.
4) tires: this is a given
5) wheels: a wheel that has been hand-built with properly tensioned spokes will better distribute road shock than a shoddily built wheel. rim choice may also play a role.
6) saddle: this is a given
so, basically i have put forth six variables that i think can contribute to the overall feel of a bike.
what do you mean by "neutral" trail? zero? or neutral feeling? most road bikes that go where they're pointed and have what feels like "intuitive" steering have high trail.
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2010 at 10:06 AM
without having ridden the bike, one cannot really comment except to say that it is really grand that you like it, having put so much effort into it. It's very easy on the eye...and not meaning to be critical and knowing it was a freebie...I am still a little surprised that you can tolerate that pannier, which I find tilts towards the unaesthetic end of the spectrum. Esp on such a pleasing bike. It seems to be crying out for something less bulky and bulgy and off kilterReplyDelete
Anon - The pannier technically wasn't a freebie, but a trade. I actually like the way it looks, but agree that it is too large for this bike. As soon as I achieve financial recovery, I will probably get something specific to this bicycle. Maybe a small Ostrich pannier.ReplyDelete
somervillain - From what I understand about trail, a number in the mid 50s is "neutral", meaning neither high nor low. The trail on my Royal H is 54.5mm. The trail on my Rivendell is around 57mm.
really? 57mm on the riv? that seems high for a rando-style bike. that's higher than either my jeunet or my shogun, both of which have about 52-54mm of trail. my trek 560 with its racy geometry has about 58mm of trail.ReplyDelete
This is a very interesting topic, so please everyone comment if you have something to add.ReplyDelete
I don't have two road bikes to compare, but I do have a DL-1 and a Pashley. I keep comparing their ride quality, but every little factor I change completely changes the whole formula. I found that the angle and adjustment as well as type of the saddle matters a great deal because it influences the relative position of my "pedaling engine" and distributes weight. When I replaced the native 70s tyres on the DL-1 with Delta Cruisers, it became a totally different bike. When I lowered the stem and angled the bars down on the Pashley is became a different bike, too. Everything I did had such a large impact that it might as well have been a different bike. So, each these variables must have a large input into the overall formula of making these bikes feel so different from each other and from their past configurations.
On the surface, the bikes are very similar. Both have 28" wheels with similar fork/frame geometry and are made of plain carbon steel, hi-ten for my Pashley and whatever the in-vogue name for regular bike steel was when the DL-1 was made. The lugs are similarly minimalist and both bikes were entirely hand-made by Raleigh and Pashley, brazed and so on, with very little machine assembly, except I suspect Pashley's wheels. I think the Dl-1 is a bit lighter, but my Pashley has a lot of "stuff" on it.
So, initially they felt nothing alike. I thought the DL-1 is much sportier. But somehow I kept changing things with each bike attempting to bring them closer together. Why was I compelled to make them feel like each other? I never really thought about the whys until now. I learned a lot about bikes in the past year and a half, but I still can't even begin to systematically identify the exact factors that go into ride quality and describe their respect ranges of values.
That was a rambling comment there.ReplyDelete
I forgot to add that when I recently re-did my road bike's bars, tweaked the brake lever position and changed to cloth tape and bar-end shifters, it also completely altered my ride. Much better!
I guess some bikes start out nice and comfortable, like your Royal H, while others (like my Motobecane...) undergo a long multi-thousand-mile journey to their ideal state.
somervillain - Why do you say that 57mm qualifies as high trail? I have read that 53-58mm is a neutral range. Rivendell states that their bikes are made with trail in the high 50s-low 60s.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2010 at 1:44 PM
MDI--which bike do you now prefer of the ever more convergent bikes? the Pashley or the DL-1...and why?ReplyDelete
velouria, i didn't state that 57mm trail is high, generically. it may be in the middle of the bell curve (or "neutral") for a road bike, but it seems high for your riv, a rando-style bike designed specifically to carry a front load. my trek has a trail of 58mm, which i suppose is in the normal range for a road bike not designed to carry anything but the rider, but i doubt that it could handle a front load very well. my jeunet comes in at about 54mm trail, while my shogun comes in at 52mm. of the two bikes, the shogun can carry the heavier front load more stably. porteurs and bikes designed for fully loaded touring often have forks designed for the low 40mm range of trail.ReplyDelete
MDI-- this is exactly what i'm saying; switching out something as simple as the saddle (or the wheels, tires, or bars) can transform the feeling of a bike.
i'm decades into obsessing about why bikes feel the way they do. i have a big bag of opinions, but i'll say also that the more you know about ride quality, the more mysterious it becomes. einstein said something about knowledge being that way, that as a sphere of light grows, so does the circumference of darkness at its boundary. it's not that you're not learning anything -- far from it! -- but that no, you'll never succeed in understanding it all.ReplyDelete
todd said...ReplyDelete
"...no, you'll never succeed in understanding it all"
I guess that means I will always have something to write about : )
somervillain - It's such a complicated topic, which only proves my point. Rivendell does not describe their bicycles as designed specifically for a front load; and they make a point of not using the term "randonneur", employing their own vocabulary instead. In practice, Riv bikes are able to accommodate both rear and front loads, while remaining highly maneuverable - which is why it makes sense to me that they have neutral trail. This whole issue is a frequent topic of debate though - usually between those who own a Rivendell, and those who do not but believe in the importance of low trail geometry. According to the latter camp, Rivendells should not be any good at accommodating front loads. Yet somehow they are...
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2010 at 9:50 PM
This is such a fraught subject, there are sooo many reasonable opinions and so little concensus. I have my preferances and anecdotal experiances but about the time I start to think I'm starting to understand this subject on a deeper level, some bike comes along and displays some weird set of characteristics that blows my theory to shreds.ReplyDelete
I personnaly PREFER steel bikes with a little vertical compliance and alot of lateral stiffness, steepish low-trail geometry and a short-ish wheelbase, everything else that I can quantify seems to be a componant choice or a set-up issue. I think I'm fortunate that most of the bikes that appeal to me seem to be pretty satisfying once I get the basic riding position figured out. If all my bikes display differant handling and ride qualities and I find that interesting and engaging than I'm ahead of the game, right?
I've fixed a bunch of damaged frames and put track ends on about a dozen more for people to make fixies out of. I warn everybody that I can make it staight and strong but it might not be the bike it was before. Some people feel like it's not as good afterward and some think I'm some freakin' genius because it is so much better...It does'nt make sense.
I think it may be like love, the best thing in the history of the world somehow goes bad and breaks your heart and you waste the next 5 years chasing redheaded librarians trying to re-create it, then you somehow find yourself hanging out with a dental hygienist with an apartment full of cats and a boa constricter having the time of your life. Go ahead, take it apart but don't kid yourself you can really figure it all out...
BTW, the preceeding relationship example should in no way be taken as autobiographical...
I have thought a little about ride quality, but given that I have no idea what the above comments about trail are, I surely don't know much. I love my current bike to pieces and it makes me want to own several bikes just so I can have the fun of riding them all the time. But then I remember how miserable my old bike made me after short rides and I shy away from acquiring something that needs fixing or having something custom built. How on earth could I know if it will ride like my current bike or my previous one?? It truly has me stumped.ReplyDelete
Spindizzy said:ReplyDelete
"...steepish low-trail geometry and a short-ish wheelbase"
That is exactly what this bike has. It's interesting actually, because I told the builder how I wanted the bike to feel and those were the choices he made. Based on what I myself later learned about comfort, I would have made different choices... but he was right, in that the bike feels great. In retrospect I am glad that I didn't give him specific instructions for angles and measurements, because who knows how that would have worked out.
Oh and now I'll be picturing you chasing librarians with steepish low trail geometry...
I've built a fork for my bike to give it "low-trail" geometry. While I feel it works very well for riding at slowish speeds (less than 30Kmh), at high speeds on big downhills the steering feels very light. Since I do most of my riding on this bike at slowish speeds, I am happy with the tradeoff.ReplyDelete
Hey somervillain, I agree that handlebars make a big difference to ride quality. Changing handlebars can be almost like having a new bike!
John I
I certainly agree that handlebars, saddle, stem length and tires can transform a bicycle completely. Still, with all factors remaining equal the frame itself does make its presence known - at least to me!ReplyDelete
so timely- I just test rode a bike today and was really kind of meh about it. I want to love it and I might re ride it again. Some parts were great, some parts not so great. sizing and geometry were big factors in it I think.ReplyDelete
Ride quality seems a very subjective thing, and it's something that can't be explained by the bike itself.ReplyDelete
Case in point - I have three bikes of similar geometry, all built from different tubings and qualities, but all sporting similar saddles and similarly sized (and quality) handlebars.
1: 56cm Cannondale Black Lightning. Aluminum frame, cromoly fork, 2X7 gearing, 700X23 tires (conti Ultra Sport), B17 saddle, Nitto Mod 44 handlebars
2: Nishiki Modulus. 58cm Full Tange #2 cromoly, 2X6 gearing, Nitto handlebars, 700X25 tires (Michelin Speedium), Brooks Professional saddle
3: Fuji Palisade. 58cm Ishiwata triple butted cromoly. 2X6 gearing, Nitto bars, 27X28 tires (no-name CST's), Brooks B17.
Now, you're probably expecting the Nishiki to be the best - it's the lighter steel bike, has semi-wide tires (for a road bike), and a sport-rando geometry. Second would be the Fuji. Heavier, a bit more slack, wider tires, wider saddle, and sport-touring geometry, and third would be the aluminum, "buzzy," Cannondale.
Nope. #1: Cannondale. #2: Fuji. #3: Nishiki.
Now, given that the tires are all at 100PSI, and that the Fuji is more comfy than the Nishiki, you can rule out the tires. Everything else is almost the same, even to the year (they're all 1987-1990). The Cannondale SHOULD be the least comfy, given what you read, and the fact that it truly has race geometry, but after 50 miles in the saddle, I'm ready to do 50 more on the 'dale, and am ready to get off of the 'shiki.
The most comfy I've got though would be the pot-metal, 40 lb, completely stock-upright, steel wheeled, 3 speeded Phillips Sports. Of all my bikes, it's completely low end, and is half a step away from a department store bike, but that thing is like riding on a cloud. That I can blame on the super-wide VO saddle and Panaracer CdlV tires though...Besides, there IS something to be said for Raleigh built 3 speeds.
I dunno, I do think it depends on a whole number of things, to include the way that the bike "talks" to you. Another person of my build and riding disposition might completely hate the Cannondale and prefer the Nishiki. Another person would prefer the Fuji. Who knows exactly WHAT it is?
Vee - You're not going to tell me which bike?? : )ReplyDelete
Matthew - I completely agree. The way I see it, there is a relationship between a person's anatomy, sensory preferences, and the bicycle's geometry and tubing. Just like in life some prefer to be hugged gently and others feel better when they are squeezed tight, some have a light and bouncy step while others a heavier gate - so do our preferences for the "feel" of a bicycle vary.
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2010 at 8:48 PM
I'm glad your bike turned out so well. So often people go to extremes trying to optimise a particular trait and they give up everything else. Comfy bikes don't have to be all stretched out and capable of being ridden down a fire-escape and nimble, snappy bikes don't need to beat you to pieces(unless you want it too of course).ReplyDelete
My roadbikes usually have a lively, jittery feel that I like that comes from using really lightwieght,narrow tires pumped up to just this side of bursting. My fixedgear needs tires and I think I'm going to follow your example and find something wider and more practical and see what that does, it might be nice if that bike did'nt always feel like it was running from the cops.
Ok, here is one more factor that I think affects ride quality - the sound a bike makes.ReplyDelete
I find that when riding over a bumpy road, a quiet bike somehow feels less harsh compared to a noisy one. It is a bit like watching an action movie where there is a huge explosion - BANG!
If you have the sound turned off then the special-effect has much less impact on the viewer.
I suspect that many people who love their stripped-down fixies do so partly because they are so quiet.
John I
johni-- that's a good point. and in fact, a quiet bike feels less harsh compared to a noisy one because it *is* less harsh. every time something rattles on your bike, it is essentially a harmonic created by energy being transmitted through the bike. that harmonic and the higher order harmonics that it creates can be felt, not just heard. that's one reason why i can't stand rattles on my bikes-- i feel they diminish the ride quality. that's also why i stated that the quality of the parts can make a big difference in feel (as in my earlier statement about handlebars: heat treated bars are less susceptible to higher order harmonics from road vibrations, which means they vibrate less and you feel less harshness in your hands). [as a side note, that's also why movie sound effects are often times unnaturally amplified to create a sense of unease in the viewer]ReplyDelete
Hey somervillain,ReplyDelete
Yes I do agree, that the harmonics of parts vibrating has an effect. Some bikes seem to respond to road buzz and bumps with more of a "pure tone", while others seems to have lots of different parts vibrating which contributes to a jumble of frequencies. There are also some frequencies that are particularly unpleasant for humans - I think about 4Hz; I'll see if I can find references if you wish. But some bikes react to vibration like a fine musical instrument, while some react like a steel garbage-can lid hitting the pavement.
The other comment about handlebars is interesting.
I think that most aluminum alloys have about the same stiffness (elastic modulus), but their strength varies quite alot. So a handlebar made of expensive "heat treated" aluminum tends to made of tubing with thinner walls (to make it lighter).
It can be made like this because the material is stronger. So even though the bar is just as strong as a cheaper bar, it will flex more than the cheaper bar. So my (tentative) conclusion is that the more expensive bars tend to be more flexible, not less.
I have tried about six different handlebars on my bike to find the optimum for me. At one point I tried a mtb downhill bar (because it was the right shape), but it was so stiff, it made the ride uncomfortable. In the end I settled on a lightweight Aluminum bar, but made extensions for it to get the width correct.
Interesting subject methinks!
John I
john i: interesting tidbit about the handlebars. i will have to watch for that. for some reason, all my nittos (which are heat treated) seem to flex less than other, cheaper bars... but this can be for other reasons, i suppose...ReplyDelete
How does the ride and handling of this bike compare to your Rivendell. I have a very similar Hillborne to yours and find it my most comfortable and well fitting bike. Your Royal H. sure is a beautiful bike.ReplyDelete
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>all my nittos seem to flex less than
>other, cheaper bars... but this can
>be for other reasons, i suppose...
One reason could be that nittos tend to have either a substantial reinforcing sleeve at the stem area, or a bulge which significantly strengthens (and stiffens) the bar where most of the stress and flex occurs.
Another factor could be that Nitto bars tend to have very well formed curves. If you look at a cheap bar, often the transition from straight sections to curved sections is abrupt, and the tubing is somewhat distorted and flattened. The reduction in tubing cross section would cause the tube to flex here as well.
In contrast to this, the high-end Nittos have beautifully smooth curve transitions - the Nitto Moustache bar being the definitive example:
So sorry somervillain, maybe I was overgeneralising/oversimplifying the situation before, there is alot more to it than just tubing material...
But I do agree that Nitto bars (and other parts) are beautifully made. They somehow have that well tuned musical instrument feel... The bars I ended up with were nitto jitensha studio flat-bars.
Velouria: sorry for all the technical talk, time for me to stop talking about ride quality and time to go for a quality ride!
John I
"...might be nice if that bike did'nt always feel like it was running from the cops."ReplyDelete
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Somervillain - Are you talking about the Porteurs vs Albatross? The latter actually seemed to flex a bit for me, whereas the Porteurs do not - which is the opposite to what I had expected. The Milan bars I'd tried at some point flexed even more though.
are - They handle differently, even aside from the fact that the mixte is upright. I am still trying to find the words to describe what the difference is. In a way, the mixte is a bit more aggressive - while remaining stable and being possible to ride slowly when I want.
velouria, porteur versus albatross would be a poor comparison because the bars are very different. i agree that the porteurs don't seem to produce much flex (possibly because they are so narrow-- aren't the milan bars wider?). the albatross do flex a bit (possible for the same reason that the porteurs don't... they're freakin' wide). they're also made from chromoly, which may explain some of the flexing.ReplyDelete
my comparison is between drop bars of very similar shape and size. many of my older bikes came with unhardened, unsleeved drop bars, from brands like ITM, pivo and GB. some of these i am able to flex as much as 1/2" with my bare hands. however, i have also had several different models of nitto drop bars... i can't seem to flex them more than a few mm.
i did ask VO about their handlebars as i was concerned about flexing, and i was told that VO branded bars are neither heat treated, nor sleeved (perhaps this is why they are so reasonably priced?). but i have been pleasantly surprised by the lack of flexing of the porteur bars.
Our (since sold) Albatross bars were alloy. They didn't flex if you put your body weight at the ends, which I did to check if my stem shim is working. They were good bars, albeit expensive.ReplyDelete
- FjelltronenOctober 16, 2010 at 2:07 PM
Very informative post.ReplyDelete
I have acquired a vintage mixte that has a wonderfully comfortable riding position. However, as I'm going on more rides I'm noticing that while the bike handles very well at normal speeds, the front wheel wants to abruptly turn left or right as I come to a stop, and does this *especially* when I want to speed up from a stop. Not the best for city riding and makes me nervous sharing a car lane. hmph! :(
So, all this talk of "trail" made me find out mine has one of approximately 60mm. I used two T squares and a new measuring tape, so that isn't the most scientifically accurate measurement. However, it seems the trail on my mixte is fairly long which accounts for the handling. I suppose there is no way to counteract this to improve handling at slow speeds?
there are several widths of albatross bars available; the narrowest are aluminum, while the wider ones are chromoly.ReplyDelete
(so, the same bars flexed for velouria but not for MDI?)
I never rode them, I just pushed down on the ends really, really hard and observed that the stem shim worked. It took me several tries to fabricate a "proper" shim. Diet Coke can won out as best shim surrogate defeating several other contenders. I noticed that the bars didn't flex only because I expected them to--to test for flex was not the goal of this exercise.ReplyDelete
It would make sense that tiny Porteur bars don't flex in actual use, but I am surprised that the Milan bars flexed.
Also, I am not a fan of really wide bars like what Retrovelo uses and the widest albatross, so I have no personal experience with them. Logically, I would expect all of them to flex more due to size, but can't see how it's a big deal at all.ReplyDelete
so MDI, did you compare regular coke? or pepsi? i don't think this was a very comprehensive comparison from which to arrive at a "proper" shim. :-)ReplyDelete
i didn't think i'd like the wide A-bars, but now that i have them, i like them, especially when carrying a heavy load in front! they really increase my steering stability when i have 10-15 lbs in front. but it sure makes it tricky hoisting my bike up and through my narrow basement door!
How do you do it, I have no idea. That door is murder.ReplyDelete
Oh, and diet coke is the proper way, trust me. Superior to other tins with other soft drinks printed on them. I read somewhere the expensive Nitto shim is made from melted down diet coke cans. :)
- 300 Pound GorillaNovember 28, 2010 at 12:23 AM
Bicycles are like cookies. Why do mine come out better than anybody else's? Magic? Genetics? My mom is the same way.ReplyDelete
Why do some people not like oatmeal cookies with coconut and chocolate chips? They're nuts? They're wrong?
Different people like different things. "Ride quality" is a lot like "flavor structure" and "mouth feel". You can talk about it all day if you want, but while you're talking, I'm eating your cookies.


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- Harry: "Excuse me, can you talk?"
- Gargoyle: "No!"
- Ron: "But you just did."
- Gargoyle: "No I didn't."
- Ron: "Then who did?"
- Gargoyle: "She did. That one there. The one with the bushy hair!"
- Hermione: "My hair is not bushy! Ron, is my hair bushy?"
- Ron: "No - well - only a bit."
- Hermione: "It's been windy, and I've been busy."
- — Finding one of the five talking gargoyles[src]
The Barking Mad Male Gargoyle was one of the talking gargoyles in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[1]
It was located on a balcony on the fourth floor of the Hogwarts Castle. It would randomly spout nonsense, or repeatedly insist that it could not speak.[1]
During the 1995–1996 school year, Professor Binns assigned his Fifth year students the task of listing five talking gargoyles as a homework assignment. Harry Potter located the gargoyles as a favour to Dean Thomas so that he could attend the first meeting of Dumbledore's Army in the Room of Requirement.[1]
Like the others, casting the Fire-Making Spell on the gargoyle would cause it to breathe fire.[1]
Behind the scenes
- The gargoyle was voiced by Jonathan Kydd in the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
- On the Norwegian dubbed version of the game, this Gargoyle was voiced by voice actor Yngvar Numme, who had the voice of the 1994's Lion King as the warthog Pumba, which was the cause of much amusement among Norwegian Harry Potter fans, seeing as the gargoyle resembled the character.
- The gargoyle's name was identified during the game's credits.
- Other conversations with the gargoyle:
- "Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits, rabbits."
- —Conversation 1[src]
- "You must be confusing me with someone else. I can't talk, not me. I haven't said a word my whole life."
- —Conversation 2[src]
- "Sorry, there's no one here."
- —Conversation 3[src]
- "You must be imagining things. I can't hear anyone talking."
- —Conversation 4[src]
- "Shhh, listen. Can you hear that? See, there's no one talking here. There's no one here at all."
- —Conversation 5[src]
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (First appearance)
Notes and references
Class 67 · Cuthbert Binns's office · Fourth Floor balcony · Fourth Floor Corridor · Fourth Floor hospital tower corridor · Hogwarts Library · Disused classroom · Restricted Section · Study Area
Barking Mad Male Gargoyle · Brutus Scrimgeour · Edward Rabnott · Hengist of Woodcroft · Landscape with trees · Temeritus Shanks


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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a federal republic in Europe. While still named the Swiss Confederation for historical reasons, modern Switzerland is a federal directorial republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities, called '"federal city". Situated in Western-Central Europe, Switzerland is also a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura. Spanning the intersection of Germanic and Romance Europe, Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Although the majority of the population are German speaking, Swiss national identity is rooted in a common historical background, shared values such as federalism and direct democracy, and Alpine symbolism. One of the most developed countries in the world, Switzerland ranks at or near the top globally in several metrics of national performance, including government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic competitiveness, and human development. Its cities contain medieval quarters, with landmarks like capital Bern's Zytglogge clock tower and Lucerne's wooden chapel bridge. The country is also known for its ski resorts and hiking trails.
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Austria is a German-speaking federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.66 million people in Central Europe. It is characterized by its mountain villages, baroque city architecture, Imperial history and rugged alpine terrain. Vienna, its Danube River capital, is home to the Schonbrunn and Hofburg palaces, and has counted Mozart, Strauss and Sigmund Freud among its residents. The country's other notable regions include the northern Bohemian Forest, Lake Traun and eastern hillside vineyards.
Italy is a country in Southern Europe. It is home to the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world. Much like its food, this country is an endless feast of experiences. It is famous worldwide for its delicious cuisine, its trendy fashion industry, luxury sports cars and motorcycles, diverse regional cultures and dialects, as well as for its beautiful coast, alpine lakes and mountain ranges (the Alps and Apennines). There is also the country's enormous cultural legacy: Tuscany alone has more classified historical monuments than any country in the world; there are considerable remnants of the Roman Empire all over the country, notably in Rome itself; and every region retains its own relics of an artistic tradition generally acknowledged to be among the world's richest.


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Sonic & Knuckles/Magazine articles
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The following is a list of magazine articles for Sonic & Knuckles.
|Title and comments
|File:Megazone AU 44.pdf
|Sega Megazone (AU) #44: "xxxx xxxx"
|Sega Magazine (UK) #11: "November 1994"
|Sega Magazine writer Tom Guise challenges readers to find the elusive "Rankles", Knuckles' green otter sidekick with outsize sparkly ankles in Sonic & Knuckles. Winners would receive £1 million, were it not for the fact the character was a work of fiction. The real contest was to photograph (or "accurately describe") the ending to Sonic 3 & Knuckles for a chance to win a Sega Multi-Mega.
But of course, nobody would actually find Rankles... would they?
|Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #62: "November 1994"
|Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #63: "December 1994"
|File:VD 29 RU.pdf
|File:ABC 41-9 CZ.pdf
|Title and comments
|"Press Start: Sonic 4 for Genesis Coming This Fall!"
Having probed Sega in inteviews at Winter CES 1994, EGM is told to look at old Sonic level select screens for hints of an upcoming Sonic game. Cue wild speculation and reprinted mockups of Sonic 2's Dust Hill Zone and Hidden Palace Zone.
|"Sonic vs Knuckles"
Short paragraph about the upcoming game, scheduled for an October release. The article erroneously calls it "Sonic vs Knuckles", despite the logo with the correct title being shown.
|"Next Wave: Sonic & Knuckles"
|"Newsbox: Sonic Kehrt Zurück!"
|"Sonic & Knuckles"
|"Work in Progress: Sonic & Knuckles"
Three-page preview of the game. Screenshots from the first three zones are shown. Knuckles' gliding and climbing abilities are mentioned, as well as backwards-compatibility with previous games (although the lock-on cart is not described).
|File:GamePro DE 1994-10.pdf
|"Mega Drive Preview: Sonic & Knuckles"
From the German edition of GamePro.
|"Newsbox: 3 Neue Sonic-Spiele!"
|"Cover Story: Sonic & Knuckles"
Five-page preview of the game, covering topics such as the new playable Knuckles and his unique abilities, backward-compatiblity with Sonic 3 and other games, and the game's first three zones. The abandoned Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition is also mentioned, as well as "Sonic Chaos 2" and a 32X port of SegaSonic the Hedgehog.
|"Pré-Estréia: Sonic & Knuckles"
|"Sega Game Feature: Genesis - Sonic & Knuckles"
|"Previews: Sonic & Knuckles"
|File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf
|"Genesis: Preview - Sonic and Knuckles"
|File:GamePro US 063.pdf
|"Cover Feature: Sonic + Knuckles = Twice as Much Fun"
|"Sonic & Knuckles"
|"Review: Sonic & Knuckles"
Two-page review of the game. The writers describe it as fun with original ideas, and good value for money. The backwards compatibility is also praised.
|"Megadrive Review: Sonic & Knuckles"
Three-page review of the game, describing it as a "redecorated version" of Sonic 3. The article also mentions the new bonus stages, the puzzle sections in Sandopolis Zone, and the more complicated multi-sprite bosses. The writers overall impression is positive, but they criticise the lack of improvement over Sonic 3 and linear levels.
|"Mega Drive Test: Sonic & Knuckles"
From the German edition of GamePro.
|"Mega Drive Test: Sonic & Knuckles"
|File:SegaMagazin DE 12.pdf
|"Review: Sonic & Knuckles"
|"Megadrive: Sonic & Knuckles"
|"ProReview: Genesis - Sonic & Knuckles"
|File:EGM2 US 05.pdf
|"Special Feature: Sonic & Knuckles"
An ill-informed two page spread in EGM² claims the game is compatible with the original Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball. Spinball is of course no more compatible than most Mega Drive games, displaying one of the 134,217,728 levels of Blue Sphere.
|"Les Critiques: Sonic & Knuckles"
|"Press Start: Sega set to Give Nintendo a Knuckle Sandwich"
As a promotional stunt for the game, Knuckles went missing. And then he was found. EGM gives us the details.
|"Special Feature! Sonic & Knuckles"
|"Reviews: Sonic & Knuckles"
|"Tests: Mega Drive - Sonic & Knuckles"
|File:SegaVisions US 22.pdf
|"Sega Game Feature: Genesis - Sonic & Knuckles"
|"Finals - Sonic & Knuckles"
|"Megadrive Tips: Sonic & Knuckles"
Short article explaining the Blue Spheres mini-game and how to access it by plugging in a Sonic the Hedgehog cart. Passwords for the first 11 stages are listed.
|"Tips & Tricks: Sonic & Knuckles"
More coverage on how to start Blue Sphere.
|"Megadrive Tips: Sonic and Knuckles"
Short paragraph listing a few Action Replay codes, which the writer has only printed because there are no regular cheat codes. A level select code would later be discovered, however.
|"The Complete Sonic Tips Guide"
Short article explaining the Blue Spheres mini-game, and several Action Replay codes, all of which are repeated from previous issues. Part of a retrospective of codes on Mega Drive Sonic games.
|"100 Best Games Ever: Sonic & Knuckles"
Short paragraph placing the game as the 64th best ever.
Full-length Articles
- Game Overview - Sonic & Knuckles (SEGA Magazine, 1994)
- News - Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Power, November 1994)
- Review - Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Magazine, 1994)
- Review - Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Power, November 1994)
- Showcase - Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Magazine, October 1994)
- Special Report - Sonic & Knuckles (Beep!, November 1994)
- Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Behind the Scenes (GamesTM issue 60)
Sega Magazine
This clip mentions that Sonic & Knuckles was a 18 Meg cartridge, which wasn't true in the final release. It also gives a Pro Action Replay cheat code to activate Knuckles.
Unknown magazines
Sega of America Coming On Strong
This is just a short clip describing the game being backward compatible with previous Sonic games. It also questions whether backward compatibility would allow players to traverse the scrapped Sonic 2 levels.
In Sales
This small clip shows sales for Sonic & Knuckles trailer Donkey Kong Country.
New Sonic Game Exclusively Revealed
This clip from SEGA magazine reveals Sonic & Knuckles for the first time (in that magazine at least). For some reason it refers to the game as Sonic Versus Knuckles.
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Lecture: "A Woman Presidential Candidate - In 1884"
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School of Education presents a lecture by Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner about 1884 presidential candidate Belva Lockwood.
Date: September 18, 2019 - September 18, 2019
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
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Hosted by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School of Education
The lecture is scheduled for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Basil 135. Faculty interested in bringing classes should RSVP to Carol Ziegler at email@example.com.
About the Lecture
Disgruntled feminists formed the Equal Rights Party in 1884 when both the Republicans and Democrats continually ignored women's concerns. Presidential candidate Belva Lockwood declared that "It is quite time that we had our own party; our own platform, and our own nominees," even if they couldn't vote for them. With the exception of the territory of Wyoming, it was against the law for women to vote in every state and territory in the union.
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Here's one they left out:
The OWH's internet pages got lots and lots of hits from their little outing-database. And you can bet that those hit counts will be wildly crowed to their advertisers.
And the real use for this database anyway? To spy on others.
As a matter of fact, note the Tweet that went out from the liberal Twittererer, PoliticalOmaha:
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Congratulations to Congressman Adrian Smith on his appointment to the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee. (We Tweeted this the day it was announced, as well.)
Placement on this A-list, tax-writing committee is a plum for Nebraska and for Smith, only in his third term.
It's too bad that those who heard about this from the LJS's Don Walton had to hear Don slam Smith via a random other story as well. Without any response from or defense of Smith in the story.
Think that would have happened in a Ben Nelson story?
And speaking of Senator Nellie, he sure seems like a Republican when you read about him in the Nebraska papers, doesn't he?
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Case in point with the Senator sitting toe-to-toe with MSNBC's Chris Matthews (who used to work for long-time Democrat Speaker Tip O'Neill).
His screeching about Republicans may have put a thrill up Matthew's leg after all. And then Nelson even got a shout-out from the uber-lib blogger, Markos Moulitsas, of the DailyKos, who Tweeted:
I've never seen Ben Nelson speak so negatively about GOP.It all depends on who he is speaking to, Markos. And depending on who he is raising money from, you probably haven't seen or heard the last of Nelson yet.


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Healthy and Delicious: Confetti Quinoa Salad Recipe
Healthy and delicious recipes from Serious Eats
Editor's note: On Mondays, Kristen Swensson of Cheap, Healthy, Good swings by these parts to share healthy and delicious recipes with us. Since she's busy getting married and honeymooning this week (congrats Kristen!), her fellow CHG blogger Leigh Angel who writes the Veggie Might column is stepping in. Take it away, Leigh! —The Mgmt.
The only labor you should be performing today is chopping vegetables for this adaptation of Confetti Quinoa Salad from 150 Vegan Favorites by Jay Solomon (one of my most splattered and stained cookbooks). It's a heavy-rotation meal in my kitchen because you can use whatever vegetables are in season.
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Happy Labor Day, everyone.
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- 1 tablespoon olive oil
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text: News & Events Category All Advance Care Planning Communication Early Palliative Care Older people and dementia Palliative care needs Place of Care and Place of Death AllAdvance Care Planning Communication Early Palliative Care Older people and dementia Palliative care needs Place of Care and Place of Death Apply Nieuwsbericht 09.04.2020REPORT: Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) "Improving palliative care in care homes" PACE MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) - 2020 SUMMARY REPORT 12.06.2017ISNCC publishes document on palliative care models in care and nursing homesInternational Society of Nurses in Cancer Care publishes document on Palliative care models including models in Long-Term Care Homes for Elderly People: Nursing Homes. 09.06.2017AGE Platform Europe launches the new version of their toolkit on the dignity and wellbeing of older persons in need of careYou can now consult the updated version of the toolkit on the dignity and wellbeing of older persons in need of care. This publication is authored by AGE Platform Europe, the largest European network of organisations that advocate for the rights of older people and PACE project partner. 06.06.2017PACE featured in Science Impact Ltd magazinePace members talk about changing attitudes to palliative care for older people 18.05.2017New book: 'Building Integrated Programs and Services'New book provides the latest information on establishing palliative care organisation and delivery worldwide. 12.05.2017PACE representation at 2017 EUGMS conferenceThe scientific committee of the 13th EUGMS Congress has accepted the PACE abstract 'Activating older people to plan future care: advance care planning' as a symposium. 05.05.2017Report on the Polish Conference "End-of-life care for nursing home residents" - 31.03/01.04.2017, Krakow, PolandPACE project organises international conference on palliative care 01.03.2017Alzheimer Europe - Newsletter February 2017PACE got coverage in the February 2017 Alzheimer Europe newsletter. 17.02.2017Public Health Research Day 2017, Brussels, BelgiumProfessor Lieve Van den Block, coordinator of PACE, will present the project on February 17, 2017 during the Public Health Research Day in Brussels, Belgium. 16.02.2017PACE publication: the use of quality-adjusted life year (QALY) in palliative careThe QALY is the most often used outcome measure of effectiveness in cost-effectiveness analyses in health care, and we will also use it in PACE study II. 1 2 volgende ›


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We don't know exactly what to call the online collaboration between Arcade Fire and Google that launched Monday morning, but it sure is neat.
This "Chrome Experience," as Google calls it, unfolds in multiple browser windows to the tune of Arcade Fire's "We Used To Wait," incorporating a viewer's childhood address and allowing the viewer to write a letter to their younger selves using a nice, spidery font.
If music videos were invented for the web, rather than for television, they might look something like this. The project uses the web browser itself as an artistic medium, showing off the HTML5's potential for interaction and multi-paned viewing rather than just using the browser as a frame for a plain, television-style video.
The whole thing works on a number of levels — in part due to the song's lyrics, which are a paean to the analog days of writing letters and waiting for them to be delivered, speculating about what might happen if the electronic wonderland we've created for ourselves should disappear some day.
"I never wrote my true heart, I never wrote it down," sings Arcade Fire's Win Butler, "so when the lights cut out, I was lost, standing in the wilderness downtown."
For now, the lights have not cut out — far from it. Instead, they're bringing us ever more interesting fare, including this "web experience." And yes, of course, you can share your version of the video with others, so they can see what you wrote to yourself and get to experience the project using your own childhood home as a starting place (assuming it's in Google Street View).
This experience is really neat, as mentioned, but the deeper angle here is HTML5's viability as an interactive platform for next-generation media experiences — a standard that Google and others seek to back as a response to Apple's closed-down, curated iOS app platform.
"The project came about one day when [director] Chris Milk and I were talking about Chrome Experiments and what can be achieved through a modern web browser and with the power of HTML5 technology," said Google Creative Lab tech lead and co-creator of the project Aaron Koblin. "We were excited about breaking out of the traditional 4:3 or 16:9 video box, and thinking about how we could take over the whole browser experience. Further, we wanted to make something that used the power of being connected. In contrast to a traditional experience of downloading a pre-packaged video or playing a DVD, we wanted to make something that was incorporating data feeds on the fly, and tailoring the experience to a specific individual.
"One of the biggest struggles for a director is to successfully create a sense of empathy with their characters and settings. Using Google Maps and Street View we're able to tailor the experience to each person. This effect is a totally different kind of emotional engagement that is both narrative and personally driven."
Milk, the project's co-creator, who already had The Johnny Cash Project under his belt, told Wired.com that he sees vast potential in HTML5 for creating rich media.
" is in its infancy right now, but I think the browser will be the next widely recognized artistic medium," said Milk. "It allows such a larger dialog with the viewer. There's actual two-way communication going on between the art and the observer."
The next phase of this project sounds potentially even more interesting — a concept Milk refers to as "the message in a bottle scenario [taken] to its most unnecessarily complex technological extreme." The messages viewers write to their younger selves as they watch could end up printed on actual postcards containing the seed for a real-life tree.
"The second level of social interaction, beyond just the observers and the piece … will unfold over the next few months as people are able to anonymously connect with each other through the postcards created in the film, and output through a number of both digital and physical mediums — one being the traveling 'Wilderness Machine,'" added Milk.
"The machine itself is a bit of a surprise I'd rather not give completely away right now [but] the website provides a bit of a hint: 'A postcard is created by an analog signal: you. This site takes that postcard and converts it to digital. The Wilderness Machine brings it back to analog. Look for it on tour with the band in North America. If you're lucky enough to get someone else's postcard from it, plant it. A tree will grow out of it.'"
We've watched the video a number of times, having been given early access by Google, and are happy to report that it's a self-centered thrill to see your own home address featured in this well-constructed HTML5 video/experience/whatever. This self-centeredness is precisely what makes this "experience," as overused as this phrase is, so "immersive."
A word of caution: Several browser windows open and close during the video, so resist the urge, if only for a few minutes, to alt-tab over to your e-mail or any other browser window. We ran this "Chrome HTML Document" successfully using both FireFox and (of course) Google's Chrome browser, but Microsoft's Internet Explorer failed to run it — a failure Google pins on Microsoft's insufficient support for HTML5.
"The experience should work in any modern browser that supports HTML5 technologies," said a Google spokeswoman.
Even supported browsers don't offer the ideal platform for an "experience" like this. Ideally, for instance, they would lose the window title information at the top and appear as unbordered video boxes. But as Milk says, HTML5 — which runs on any device with a modern browser, including smartphones, tablets and computers — is still in its infancy. "Experiences" such as this will evolve to look much slicker in the future, but already, they're capable of some fairly incredible maneuvers, integrating Arcade Fire's stirring music with data from Google Maps and Google Street View, topping it all off with input from the user.
We're impressed, but some streamlining will be required if bands that aren't big enough to play Madison Square Garden, as Arcade Fire is, are going to be able to offer it. We counted a full 111 names in the credits.
Follow us for disruptive tech news: Eliot Van Buskirk and Epicenter on Twitter.
See Also:
- "We're the Biggest Band in the World, and No One Knows Who We Are
- Dissect The Arcade Fire's 'Black Mirror' in Real Time
- Listen Up! Best Music of the Millennium … So Far
- Spike Jonze Puts Sci-Fi Spin on Arcade Fire Music
- Arcade Fire, Superchunk Team for Obama Campaign Shows
- HTML5 for iPad Won't Kill Flash, But Could Change Apps
- Chrome Shows Off Some Fancy HTML5 Tricks
- Is Your Browser Ready for HTML5?
- YouTube: HTML5 Video Is No Match for Flash
- YouTube Launches New HTML5 Mobile Site


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Drive along Pacific Coast Hwy (Hwy 1) in the heart of conservative Orange County. Located south of Los Angeles and north of San Diego.
DistanceIn the city
WalkInstant access (< 5min)
Easy to find?Easy to find
Public access?Public access
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Wave qualityRegional Classic
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DirectionRight and left
PowerHollow, Powerful, Ordinary, Fun, Powerless
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
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Good swell directionNorth, NorthWest, West, SouthWest, South
Good wind directionEast, NorthEast
Swell sizeStarts working at Less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 4m+ / 12ft
Best tide positionAll tides
Best tide movementRising and falling tides
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From Bolsa Chica to the north, to Santa Ana River Jetties to the south, Huntington Beach offers mile after mile of classic southern California beach break. The most crowded area is usually around the Huntington Beach Pier at Main St.and PCH. Parking is widely available for a fee. Plenty of facilities and tons of people. Huntington is VERY consistant and almost always has waves while other areas are flat. This area works best on combo swells, say nw and sw, so as to break up the long walls into workable peaks. Big, one direction swells tend to wall and create strong side shore currents.
Crowded, aggressive and crazy, but a lot of fun. In the summer small waves (except on a big south swell) warm water and beach, tons of chicks and tourists and freaks and assorted loons!
In the winter cool to cold water, bigger, more consistant surf and fewer weirdos, but still a whole lot of surfers.
Offshore winds from the east and/or northeast can turn Huntington into a "magazine quality" wave. In the summer and fall keep your feet off the sandy bottom as warm water can bring in lots and lots of stingrays!!!
Huntington Beach and Pier is a classic. One of those places every surfer should visit at least once. Crowded and competitive by the pier, mellower up or down the beach. For a good breakfast try the Sugar Shack on Main St. Lots of big "Surf and Sports" in town so you can get any surf gear you need. For a taste of the old Huntington before the yuppies and track homes visit the Chuck Dent surf shop.
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By Anonymous , 02-06-2012
Posers - To all you morons telling the "Kooks" to stay away. I grew up surfing Country on the island of Oahu we consider anyone from the mainland a Kook, especially LA dip shits trying to be bad ass locals. I will come and surf your break anytime I want. Surfing is best left to those who do it for fun and for the experiencing the thrill of riding a moving wall of water. People need to be cool out in the lineup. If you think you need to intimate others you need to find a new sport. Maybe try boxing. Chill out and enjoy the sport, the ocean belongs to no one and is there for everyone to enjoy.
By Anonymous , 28-08-2009
HB Locals are lame! - I moved to HB from S.D. and lived there for 4 years, I hated this beach break! I heard so much about growing up in S.D. and was excited to surf here but when I started paddleing out I realized that wave not fun to ride, the current pushed you north alot, so I would always be fighting the current and the locals there are total assho*es. They dont even respect eachother, it's like there all fighting to be the next Kelly Slater or somthing.. The yell at eachother, get into fight on the shore, is this what surfing in the O.C. is all about? I soon after moved back down to O'l San Dog where people respect eachother and know what surfing is all obout, good times with friends. You guys can have the U.S. open and all that hot air up there
By Anonymous , 13-08-2009
whatever - i live in HB its a great beach to get surf year round, but its by no means amazing. i'm grateful to live at a consistent beach break but i wouldnt recommend for someone to visit just to surf. there are enough point breaks around that are better
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EXETER — When Maggie Hassan entered public service in 1999, she said she did so as an advocate for families like hers.
EXETER — When Maggie Hassan entered public service in 1999, she said she did so as an advocate for families like hers.
At that time Hassan, a resident of Exeter, used her experience as a parent to a child with a severe disability and an attorney to serve on then-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's Advisory Committee to the Adequacy in Education and Finance Commission.
Thirteen years later, Hassan's political career has taken her to the corner office in Concord, where she will take over as the state's next governor in January, replacing popular Democratic Gov. John Lynch, who did not seek re-election after four terms in office.
Hassan enjoyed a convincing victory over Republican opponent Ovide Lamontagne on election night.
"I'm grateful for the trust the people of New Hampshire have put in me," Hassan said during a phone interview on Wednesday night.
With the campaign behind her, the newly elected governor says the hard work is now ahead. Hassan said she is putting together a transition team and over the next few months will focus on putting together action plans for her top priorities.
Hassan said her top priorities remain her innovation plan focusing on investing in education and job training, and to restore funding to the state university and community college system.
"Funding for the university system is something we're going to focus on right away, and that will be a part of the transition plan we do," Hassan said. "We have to work together to find a way to achieve that goal. It's important for all of New Hampshire and Granite Staters want it to work."
Hassan and other candidates elected on Election Day all stressed the importance of both parties coming together in the next two years to find common ground. Hassan believes that goal is more achievable now with the new make-up of the House and Senate following Tuesday's election.
Preliminary election results show House Democrats regaining the majority by a 222-178 margin, while Senate Republicans will only maintain a 13-11 advantage.
"What the voters did on (election night) was to send a message that they want to continue in the direction that Gov. John Lynch started in the state," Hassan said.
Hassan and Lynch are discussing the transition that will take place in January, when Hassan is inaugurated.
The two met Thursday morning and told reporters they expect a seamless transition. Hassan said she was thrilled to have Lynch's support and help.
"I think what you're going to see is a renewed sense of non-partisanship that had previously been a part of our political culture," Hassan said.
Hassan said she can understand if some people are skeptical about the two parties working together, given recent history. She thinks the tough economy and state budget issues tested both parties but believes the message voters sent by the change in power in the N.H. House will serve as a wake-up call to both parties.
"What I know is that Granite Staters want it to work. We want to solve problems; we're an all-hands-on-deck kind of state," she said. "I think the country and state have experienced major problems that have tested us some, but what I know is (election night) the voters restored a significant amount of balance to the state."
Hassan said the upcoming budget process will be one of the biggest challenges of her first year in office. During her campaign, Hassan entertained the idea of expanded gambling as a revenue source, saying that it's possible to have one high-end, highly regulated casino near the border that would compete with Massachusetts.
Hassan said that's still an option that could be discussed.
"The focus of the first year is a strong budget that serves our priorities and keeps taxes low and that's certainly one option, we have to make sure we have the revenues we need," she said. "Certainly that will be something I'll consider with my transition team."
Hassan maintained her pledge of no sales or income tax and said she will also focus her first term on making government more streamlined and effective.
Hassan previously served three terms in the state Senate and resides in Exeter with her husband Thomas, who serves as principal of Phillips Exeter Academy.
Hassan said the hometown support she received was overwhelming.
"The support Exeter has provided me with since I first got elected into politics has been phenomenal," she said. "It's just been an extraordinary place to live."
On election night, Hassan defeated Lamontagne in her hometown 5,479-3,123. Hassan received more voters in Exeter than President Barack Obama.
Bob Prior, chairman of the Exeter Democratic Committee, feels the election of Hassan as governor is something the whole town can get behind, regardless of party affiliation.
"Having the governor be from Exeter is a real honor," he said. "Maggie has had a real presence in Exeter for the last 20 years, not only as senator but as a mom and a member of the church. A lot of people on both sides of the fence know her and like her."
Hassan will be the state's 81st governor of New Hampshire, the fourth from Exeter. John Taylor Gilman served from 1794 to 1805, and from 1813 to 1816. Federalist Jeremiah Smith served from 1809-1810 and Republican Charles Bell served 1881-1883.
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It's not always easy to prove your location for a particular period of time, much less where you were on a particular day. But those are exactly the challenges faced by young people applying for a work permit and temporary permission to remain in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
To be DACA-eligible, they need to prove two types of presence in the United States:
- continuous residence since June 15, 2007 up to one's DACA application date (excluding brief, casual, and innocent departures), and
- physical presence in the U.S. on June 15, 2012, and also at the time of applying for deferred action.
The standard advice from lawyers like me is to come up with things like school, employment, and dental records. But trust the younger, Internet savvy applicants to come up with more creative forms of evidence, such as:
- Facebook check-ins
- Tweets
- Traffic and speeding tickets
- Netflix records, and
- Restaurant receipts.
The good news is, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seems to be just fine with considering these unusual forms of proof. It's all detailed in this article from ABC News: "Unusual DACA Documentation Includes Speeding Tickets, Netflix, and Facebook."
For more information on DACA eligibility and application requirements, see the "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)" section of Nolo's website.


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〔トモダチ作戦の米空母乗員 東電相手に損害賠償訴訟〕 ワシントン・ポストも報道 全米の関心事に!
WPは 8 US sailors sue Japanese utility over radiation exposure from nuclear reactor breakdown
SAN DIEGO — Eight U.S. sailors are suing the Tokyo utility that operates the Fukushima nuclear power plant, charging that the company lied about the high level of radiation in the area where they were carrying out a humanitarian mission after the tsunami that triggered the reactor crisis.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in San Diego last week against Tokyo Electric Power Co., which is owned by the Japanese government. Plaintiffs include the infant daughter of two of the sailors who was born seven months after the March 2011 disaster.
The sailors served on the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, which was carrying out "Operation Tomadachi" ferrying food and water to citizens in the city of Sendai in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami.
The sailors claim the Japanese government repeatedly said there was no danger to the carrier crew "all the while lying through their teeth about the reactor meltdowns" so rescuers would "rush into an unsafe area."
The U.S. Navy, the suit said, relied on information from the Japanese government, which only belatedly admitted that radiation had leaked into the atmosphere from the damaged power plant.
An email seeking response from the utility's corporate office in Tokyo was not immediately returned.
The 37-page suit, which cites numerous reports about the Fukushima crisis and response, said that after discovering the truth of how much radiation they were exposed to, the sailors have undergone extensive medical testing and will be required to undergo periodic examination in the future.
They say they are at risk for developing cancer and a shorter life expectancy, and are undergoing considerable mental anguish as a result.
The sailors are suing for more than $100 million in damages.
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Archive - Sep 11, 2013
The Unit
Played at the Villa in Crookston today. I usually do double duty there, playing once for the residents in the general area of the nursing home and another session, usually quite a bit shorter, for the people in the Alzheimer's unit, affectionately referred to as "The Unit."
Today, in a reversal of the usual routine, I played in The Unit first. It was just after lunch. I thought people might be napping, but no, everybody was lined up and ready to go. I greeted them all and then off we went. For some reason, it clicked and we had loads of fun. They sang the hymns. People who don't otherwise talk are able to remember the hymns. We all got the giggles at the end.
"Emotional contagion" is the phenomenon whereby one person's mood transmits to the next, and to the next, and so on. Alzheimer's sufferers are completely susceptible. Today, two ladies took the lead, made wise-cracks and jumped into the singing. We bounced around and soon the others joined in. A lady arrived in a wheelchair fussing over her baby doll, which she wrapped in a blanket. Eventually, she sang like almost everybody else.
The time went quickly. I was late for the other performance. So, I went around to say goodbye. Several were back asleep, but I awoke them and said thank you for coming. Two of my favorites were nuns, both who were sound asleep in their chairs at the beginning. Sister Caroline was unresponsive when I greeted her when I came; when I left, she was giggling. The second nun, when I awakened her to say goodbye, awoke with a start and swung into a effusive ministerial blessing of me. It was such a surprise that I jumped back when she began. I thought she was out of it. Nope.
As I got ready to leave the room, one of the ring leaders pointed to a younger man who has been there for several years. He had glowered over me as I played, which is usual and doesn't bother me unless he starts hitting the keys. But now, he was really upset. He glared at me with a true Hitlerian intensity, chin jutted out. It was almost scary.
"You're getting all the attention," the peppy woman explained, as I didn't know what was going on to cause him to view me with such pure hatred. She knew, however. So, I tried to sneak out the door only to have to wait until the code was punched in to the lock.
I then went to the regular part of the nursing home, for lack of a better term. Agnes has been there for years. She recently turned 100. She always has an old-time story ready for me.
"Do you still have twine?" she asked. I said yes, knowing that she did not have dementia and the story was indeed going somewhere, as they have for the past 10 years.
"When we were young and somebody was sent to prison in Stillwater, we would say 'they went to Stillwater to spin twine.'" I guess that is what they did at the prison back then. Today, they stamp license plates.
She told how the twine arrived, eight large spools in a burlap sack, the bundle held together by some especially thick twine.
Another lady told how she cultivated with horses as a girl. It went so slow that when she finished a field, her father told her to start back up again back at the beginning.
"We didn't just wave at each other back then when we met on the road going to town," she said. "We stopped and talked to every car!"
I asked the group if they noticed anything different about me. Last week in Twin Valley in response to the question, a woman popped up and said, "Your voice sounds better!" Which is true. What was different about me was I had my tonsils out. And my voice is clearer.
Today, when I asked the same question, the woman who cultivated with horses as a girl snapped, "You're wearing shorts!"
True enough.
"So we can see your knobby knees!" she added.
She set herself up good because, although she was dressed in fancy dress, when she sat it came a little above her knees--and she had forgetten to roll her nylon stockings up over her knees, so if anybody had prominent knobby knees, it was her!
"Well, we can see your knobby knees, too!" I said right back. She was a good sport, as they always are in the home, and threw her hem over her knees with disgust. Nursing home residents love to banter and no longer get embarrassed. You can push it a bit. If it doesn't work, they forgive and forget on the spot as a matter of maturity, not dementia.
"I am too old to be offended," Richard Nixon shrugged during a trip to Russia in the last year of his life when Russian President Boris Yeltsin refused to see him.
The banter in a nursing home you can't get by with out in society. It is complete fun. And I came home utterly drained. Two hours of playing and singing feels like running four miles. I plopped in the recliner and slept for two hours.
Now that I am awake, I am still running through the time in the Alzheimer's unit in my head. There is something special about Alzheimer's units. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, more gratifying than to break through the fog and see some smiles. With the Alzheimer's patients, you get back what you put in and more. They respond to energy. They respond to mischief. They respond when people ham it up. Their garbled thanks at the end sometimes takes the form of poetry.
None of them were a chocolate chip cookie today, either.


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Russian domestic consumption of steel products has developed better than demand from overseas markets.
- No impact from the Ukraine crisis – so far
- High business indebtedness becoming an issue
- Rising payment delays and insolvencies in the coming months
According to the Russian statistics agency, Russian steel output decreased 2.3% in 2013, to 68 million tons. In the period January to April 2014 production increased again, by 1.5%, to 22 million tons. However, in US$ terms export of steel/metal products decreased 2.7% in Q1 of 2014. Since exports - mainly to China and other Asian countries, but also to Western Europe - are highly important for the industry, this is not good news. In line with the global trend, the industry is suffering from the falling export prices of steel/metals products.
On the plus side, Russian domestic consumption of steel products has developed better than demand from overseas markets. In particular, we have seen growing demand from industries such as automotive and machinery, consumer and household products. However, while the Russian construction sector - as a major steel buyer - improved its payment discipline notably in Q1 of 2014, this sector now shows a deteriorating trend. Several major construction companies are on the verge of default, e.g. those involved in Sochi Olympic Games construction projects.
So far, there has been no direct impact from the Ukraine crisis and the related sanctions imposed by the US and the EU on the steel/metals sector. Indeed, local producers may even benefit from protectionism, as Ukrainian competitors, which are quite strong, will find it hard to stay in the Russian market, while government spending on infrastructure will remain the same or even increase.
However, in the medium and long term, the steel/metals market is expected to be negatively affected by a rouble devaluation, lower domestic demand, lack of liquidity and the rising cost of borrowing.
The overall high indebtedness of the steel/metals sector is a weak point and banks (including state banks) have adopted more restrictive lending policies in the current situation. A number of larger metals and mining groups now have accumulated a very significant debt burden over the previous upward phase of the steel/metal market cycle – and some of those may not be able to refinance their large debts. While the Russian government is ready to provide financial support, its reserves, though ample, are limited.
The value of overdue trade creditor debts of domestic metal production companies increased 33% year-on-year in Q1 of 2014, and we expect payment delays and insolvencies to increase in the coming six months. Therefore, our underwriting stance on the steel/metals sector has become restrictive to protect our customers.
Industry performance
Changes since July 2014
Agriculture: Up from Poor to Fair
Good harvest, increasing prices and large state support.
Automotive: Down from Good to Fair
After several years of solid growth the local car market is declining quite sharply.
Consumer Durables: Down from Good to Poor
Falling demand and sales have led to squeezed margins and several bankruptcies.
Electronics/ICT: Down from Fair to Poor
Falling demand and sales have led to squeezed margins and several bankruptcies.